novelraw Chapter 254 A letter of false information
Chapter 254 A letter of false information
The next morning, when Mu Cang brought the letter to the palace, Emperor Zhaocheng and Jiang Yi were playing chess after dinner, and the atmosphere between the two was quite harmonious.
The black and white chess pieces on the chessboard went back and forth, and the fight was fierce.
The two talked about trivial matters, such as whether Emperor Jin had selected concubines again in recent years, whether Jiang Yi, the queen, needed to compete with the concubines, and even asked her if she had the idea of having another child.
Jiang Yi felt that the questions he asked before were a bit boring, but the last question made her answer without hesitation: "If you have a son, do you think you can still sit on the position of regent queen?"
Emperor Zhaocheng was silent for a moment.
He was the emperor of Mu and she was the queen of Jin. They were both in power in the royal family, so they naturally understood what this sentence meant.
The emperor already had four sons.
No matter who the throne is passed to, the emperor and the empress will abdicate, and power will return to the new emperor sooner or later, even if the empress is in power now.
The military officials in the court and the four princes are all worried that the empress will monopolize power.
However, if she has a son, the situation will be completely different.
She will support her son to become the emperor.
The military officials in the court and the emperor and the princes will be wary of her, worried that she will rule behind the scenes, worried that she will seize power and become a true regent queen dowager.
In this way, perhaps she will be given the opportunity to take power from the very beginning.
Emperor Zhaocheng was silent for a moment, and then he placed a white chess piece: "If you give birth to a son now--"
"Is your Majesty's brain okay?" Jiang Yi raised his eyes and glanced at him, "You are the king of a country, and you don't know the dangers of the palace at all? Not to mention how dangerous it is to give birth to a child at your age, even if you really get pregnant, do you think someone will do their best to make this child disappear?"
Emperor Zhaocheng was speechless: "I saw that the four princes were very respectful to you."
"Is your son respectful to you?" Jiang Yi asked back, his eyes fell on the chessboard, "People who hold power, everyone around them is kind, because you can decide their life and death, and you can give them wealth and honor."
Emperor Zhaocheng said nothing.
"But how many of these kindnesses and respects are sincere and how many are false, can you tell?" Jiang Yi smiled lightly, "They like to act, so just play along with them."
When Emperor Zhaocheng heard this, he felt a little guilty: "You have been very tired these years."
"There are gains and losses." Jiang Yi said, "How can life be smooth sailing?"
If you are in that environment, you must bear the things brought by that environment.
If you want power, you must bear the pressure and loneliness under the high position.
Is life like this?
"Your Majesty." Xiao Changhai walked in and bowed to report, "The prince wants to see you."
Emperor Zhaocheng was surprised and subconsciously turned his head to look at the sky outside: "Mu Cang came to the palace so early, it seems that there is something important to discuss with me."
At this time, he and the officials were still in the court.
Today, I am leaving the court early to have breakfast with Jiang Yi.
Emperor Zhaocheng said quickly, "Let him in."
"Yes."
After a while, Mu Cang came in with a letter in his hand. He was tall and thin, with a cold and hard aura like a rock, and exuded a daunting demeanor.
Emperor Zhaocheng looked at him, his eyes fell on him: "What is this?"
"Your Majesty, please take a look first." Mu Cang handed the letter to Xiao Changhai.
Xiao Changhai took the letter, trotted in front of the emperor, and respectfully presented the letter to Emperor Zhaocheng.
"Expressed intelligence from the border?" Emperor Zhaocheng frowned and asked casually, and raised his head, "Xiao Changhai, set up a seat for the prince."
"Yes."
The palace servant quickly brought a chair for Mu Cang to sit down. Mu Cang did not sit down, but just stood in front of the window with a slender face, his sharp edges and angular face were full of frost.
As the message unfolded, Emperor Zhaocheng's expression became more solemn: "Northern Xinjiang has the potential to increase troops, so you are asked to return quickly?"
Jiang Yi raised his eyes and looked at him: "The situation at the border is indeed changing rapidly. Was Northern Xinjiang defeated before? Why do you have ambitions again?"
Mu Cang turned his head: "This information is fake."
"Fake?" Emperor Zhaocheng was startled and looked at him in surprise, "How could it be fake?"
Mu Cang walked to the chair and sat down, and Xiao Changhai served him tea.
"The letter is fake, but the person is real." Mu Cang said indifferently, "Two mysterious guests came to the Xianwang Mansion last night. Does the emperor know their identities?"
Emperor Zhaocheng didn't say anything, but his face changed a little bit.
Guests came to the Xianwang Mansion.
A fake intelligence letter was sent to transfer Mu Cang away.
Who is behind this? Do we need to guess?
"Is it that the Imperial Guards are not good at guarding, or is there a spy among them?" Jiang Yi frowned, "A few days ago, a woman named Jiang Jingyue was able to quietly leave the Xianwang Mansion, and last night a stranger sneaked into the Xianwang Mansion, and the Imperial Guards knew nothing about it?"
"It's not that the Imperial Guards knew nothing, but that they are good at disguise." Mu Cang held the teacup and said in a faint voice, "The two people who came this time are Guo Huai, the second son of the King of Xijiang, and his daughter Guo Hongqiang."
Emperor Zhaocheng threw down the letter and sneered: "Sending two children at once, is the King of Xijiang going to risk it?"
"Guo Hongqiang is good at disguise, so she can easily avoid the eyes of the Imperial Guards in the imperial city. As for how she successfully entered the Xianwang Mansion..." Mu Cang paused, "I heard that she is also good at charm."
"They are good at evil ways." Emperor Zhaocheng's expression was gloomy, and there seemed to be a layer of frost between his eyebrows and eyes, and he was shrouded in gloom. "What do they want to do? Use a false intelligence to lure the tiger away from the mountain, and then join forces with the prince to force me to abdicate?"
Mu Cang said: "They want to kill Queen Jiang halfway, causing a war between Jin and Mu, and thus force the emperor to give up the plan to reduce the power of the vassal states."